Argentinian Rapper Alejandro Lococo Wins WSOP Triton Million For $12 Million

Alejandro Lococo, also known as “Papo MC,” is an Argentinian rapper who is also a successful poker player. He just had the biggest moment in his poker career. Lococo won the $1,000,000 Triton Million Event for $12,070,000 and a WSOP bracelet.

Lococo has won $2,828,530 in total live earnings before winning this event. His most significant score was $1,225,000 when he came seventh in the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em – WSOP Main Event in 2021.

“I’m a rapper. I don’t study the game. I just try to do the best in every single hand. I love the game, and I try to win, of course, but I’m not using solvers or running sims. You have to be really, really professional and invest a lot of hours of your life to beat these guys.” said Lococo.

Triton Million Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	$12,070,000
2	Benjamin Heath	United Kingdom	$8,160,000
3	Sinan Unlu	Turkey	$5,304,000
4	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	$4,390,000
5	Elias Talvitie	Finland	$3,542,000
6	Alex Foxen	United States	$2,795,000
7	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	$2,140,000
8	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	$1,605,000
9	Michael Moncek	United States	$1,200,000

Final Table Action

Coming into the final table, Daniel Dvoress was the chip leader with 65 big blinds, followed by Sinan Unlu with 64 big blinds. The shortest stack was Alex Foxen, with 15 big blinds.

The first one to be eliminated was Michael Moncek after he shoved A♥7♥ on Dvoress’s open and got isolated by Benjamin Heath, who had J♠J♥ and Dvoress folded. The board ran 7♣Q♣8♦5♠Q♦, and Moncek was out in ninth place for $1,200,000.

The only woman at the final table was the next to leave after she shoved against Dvoress’s open with K♦Q♦, and Dvoress called with A♣K♣, putting Sosia Jiang in a bad spot. The board ran low with no queens and offered no help to Jiang. She was eliminated in eighth place for $1,605,000.

Aleksejs Ponakovs was the next victim of Dvoress after he pushed all-in from SB and got called from BB. Ponakovs was dominated, holding 9♣8♣ against Dvoress’s A♥8♥. The board ran 4♥2♥4♦7♣7♠, and Ponakovs was out in seventh place for $2,140,000.

Alex Foxen opened from CO, committing more than two-thirds of his stack, and got called by Dvoress in SB. The flop came 2♦A♦5♠. Dvoress led, putting Foxen all-in. After using a few time banks, Foxen made the call, only to find out he was in a horrible spot with 7♠7♣ against A♠8♦. The turn came J♠, and the river was 5♣. Foxen was out in sixth place for $2,795,000.

Lococo opened from SB with 10♣7♣, and Elias Talvitie called in the big blind with K♣J♥. The flop came 8♥4♥6♥, Lococo c-bet, and Talvitie called. The turn was K♦, Lococo barreled again, and Talvitie called once again. The river was 9♠ turning tables and giving Lococo the best hand. Lococo shoved, and Talvitie called to be eliminated in fifth place for $3,542,000.

Lococo opened from CO with J♠J♥, Dvoress shoved from SB with 2♠2♥, and Lococo snap-called. The board ran K♥J♠7♥7♦Q♠, and Dvoress was almost drawing dead already on the flop and didn’t improve on the turn. Dvoress was eliminated in fourth place for $4,390,000.

Lococo continued with the eliminations, and Sinan Unlu was his next victim after he shoved with J♣5♠ against Lococo’s CO open. Lococo called holding K♣6♥ and won with K-high as the board missed both players. Unlu was out in third place for $5,304,000.

The Heads-Up

Lococo came into the heads-up as close to the 7:1 chip leader and finished the job rapidly. The final hand happened when Lococo shoved with K♦2♥ and got called by Heath with A♥K♣. The board ran 8♦2♦Q♥7♠8♥, and the pair of deuces were good for $12,070,000 for Lococo. Ben Heath was eliminated in second place for $8,160,000.